Includes bibliographical references (p. [279]-314) and index

An evaluation of the influence of the Christian right on the current administration, discussing the direction of Christian fundamentalism as it is shaping today's political arena, in the areas of sex education, welfare assistance, and the war on terror

1. Yes, Virginia, it is a holy war : faith-based foreign policy from Israel to Iraq -- 2. Christian nation : from Bush's faith-based initiative to creationism in our public parks, the administration edges toward theocracy -- 3. Most favored constituency : how the Christian right came to dominate the Republican Party and the administration of George W. Bush -- 4. Weird science : faith healers, fake data, censorship, and other hallmarks of Christian science in the Bush administration -- 5. Good-bye Roe : how to gut abortion rights in four easy steps -- 6. Whose gay agenda? : a president who was soft on gays finds religion and joins the antimarriage crusade -- 7. AIDS, born again : AIDS was never a Republican issue, but Bush gave it a Christian makeover -- 8. The purity brigades : the Bush administration's one-size-fits-all abstinence agenda saves souls, not lives -- 9. The global crusade : taking cues from the Vatican, Bush exports "family values" abroad

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